Jacques Viot (writer)

Jacques Viot
Born20 November 1898
Died29 January 1973 (aged 74)
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
Alma materHEC Paris
OccupationWriter
Years active1935–1964 (film)

Jacques Viot (1898–1973) was a French novelist and screenwriter.[1][2]

After service in the artillery during the First World War he became involved with the Surrealist movement. From the mid-1930s he began working on screenplays, collaborating with directors such as Marcel Carne, Jacques Feyder and Marcel Camus.

After the war, he enrolled at HEC Paris where he obtained a diploma, then worked in an insurance firm in Nantes.[3]

Selected filmography

References

Bibliography

  • Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940–1958. Indiana University Press, 2015.
  • Richardson, Michael. Surrealism and Cinema. Berg, 2006.